New Player Experience Sucks! - Impending Expansion Problems

[Reap00]

Like i have stated many times. ARR story is too long and full of nonsense quests. All my friends who got the game for free via twitch prime, none of them stuck around. I had seven join, but none of them play anymore.

Its disappointing because the game gets better later on, but slogging through all that mess is just a deal breaker for some people.

I hated going through the ARR MSQ. And i know there will be people who say "If you hate the story, why do you play?"

I play for the gameplay, i enjoy all the jobs at a high level and i have fun playing them. I know its a tough concept, knowing that people play a game for multiple reasons.

You want the game to cater to your desire and needs. It isn't going to happen. Stop this absurdly long troll thread. I left long ago and can't believe you continue to drag people into this absolutely pointless conversation. The game will ALWAYS be based on a MAIN STORY. Deal with it. Suck it up. If you don't like it play something else. Stop trying to form the game in the image you would like to see. It will NEVER happen.

[SerLuke]

You want the game to cater to your desire and needs. It isn't going to happen. Stop this absurdly long troll thread. I left long ago and can't believe you continue to drag people into this absolutely pointless conversation. The game will ALWAYS be based on a MAIN STORY. Deal with it. Suck it up. If you don't like it play something else. Stop trying to form the game in the image you would like to see. It will NEVER happen.

This, so much this.

[Crystal_Raven]

You want the game to cater to your desire and needs. It isn't going to happen. Stop this absurdly long troll thread. I left long ago and can't believe you continue to drag people into this absolutely pointless conversation. The game will ALWAYS be based on a MAIN STORY. Deal with it. Suck it up. If you don't like it play something else. Stop trying to form the game in the image you would like to see. It will NEVER happen.

No one is asking for the ARR story to be removed. However, a lot of that story is filler and junk quests that sent you from NPC A to NPC B. There are a LOT of main story quests in ARR that can be condensed, or outright removed because they serve no actual purpose other than dragging it out.

ARR turns off a lot of potential new customers. From personal experience I can tell you that ARR turned off 10 potential new customers that I know personally. Going through the ARR MSQ has made them quit, even if they enjoy everything else about the game. And they don't want to buy a story skip either because if ARR is that bad and dragged out, what's the guarantee what comes after it isn't the same?

FF games are always based on a story, HW story is alright, SB story is alright. ARR story is disgusting and needs to be completely reworked.

ARR in a nutshell:
THE WORLD IS ENDING, WE MUST ACT NOW, oh but go to gridania and ask for some eggs, then to limsa and get some tools then come back to me. Oh you're back? I wanted to some other stuff too, oh btw THE WORLD IS ENDING AND WE MUST ACT NOW, but go get me my stuff first.

[Emmanellain]

FF games are always based on a story, HW story is alright, SB story is alright. ARR story is disgusting and needs to be completely reworked.

ARR in a nutshell:
THE WORLD IS ENDING, WE MUST ACT NOW, oh but go to gridania and ask for some eggs, then to limsa and get some tools then come back to me. Oh you're back? I wanted to some other stuff too, oh btw THE WORLD IS ENDING AND WE MUST ACT NOW, but go get me my stuff first.

This, so much this, and the writers were even aware of this.
I will never forget the damn quest from Tataru in the walking sands where she asked us to go pick up leaves in Coerthas for tea to "soothe the nerves" of the other scions cause they were moving HQ, she even told our character not to look glum.
I am very, very happy, that the story in the newer expansions are condensed and don't have *sniff the chocobo* sidequests anymore. But ARR needs some damn SERIOUS rework.
It's clear that they learned a lot from the experience, but they need to do something about it if they want more customers.

[Penthea]

No one is asking for the ARR story to be removed.

Removing the msq requirements for content is just a step away from removing the msq. Which is what some are asking for.